1972 Women's British Open Squash Championship

The 1972 Women's Open Squash Championships was held at the BP Club in Lower Sydenham, London from 4–9 March 1972.Heather McKay (née Blundell) won her eleventh consecutive title defeating Kathy Malan in the final. This surpassed the previous record of ten wins set by Janet Morgan from 1950 through to 1959.[1][2]

British Open Squash Championships
44th Women's British Open Championships
Details
LocationLondon, England
VenueBP Club, Lower Sydenham
← 1971
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Seeds

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Draw and results

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First round

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Player one Player two Score
  Mrs Heather McKay (née Blundell)   Mrs Ann Jee 9-0 9-0 9-0
  Miss Kathy Malan   Miss Ann Price 9-0 9-0 9-0
  Mrs V Power   J O'Neill 9-1 9-1 9-1
  Miss Teresa Lawes   Mrs C R Bourdon 9-0 9-1 9-4
  Miss Jean Wilson   Miss Karen Gardner
  Miss M Brodie   Ada Bakker
  Mrs Fran Marshall
  Mrs Claire Chapman
  Mrs Margaret Claughton
  Miss Jane Barham
  Mrs Janice Wainwright (née Townsend)
  Miss Sue Cogswell
  Mrs Dianne Corbett
  Miss Brenda Carmichael
  Mrs Alex Cowie
  Mrs Ruth Turner
  Mrs Sheila Macintosh (née Speight)
  Miss Heather Rhead
  Mrs Barbara Sanderson
  Mrs Valerie Watson
  Miss Theo Veltman
  Mrs Irene Rowe
  Mrs Jean Reynolds (née McFarlane)
  Mrs Marjorie Townsend
  Mrs Sue Pexman
  Miss Kathy Brabin
  Mrs Maureen Morgan
  Mrs Bobs Whitehead
  Mrs M James
  Miss Janet Ledger
  Mrs Di Fuller
  Miss B Dinsmore

Second round

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Player one Player two Score
  McKay   Lawes 9-2 9-0 9-0
  Marshall   Rhead 9-10 9-1 9-4 9-7
  Claughton   Sanderson 9-10 9-10 9-3 9-2 9-0
  Wainwright   Watson 9-6 10-8 9-10 1-9 9-4
  Wilson   Veltman 9-6 9-0 9-6
  Cogswell   Brodie 9-4 9-3 9-5
  Cowie   Reynolds 6-9 9-2 9-4 9-7
  Chapman   Townsend 9-1 9-1 9-1
  Corbett   Pexman 9-4 9-7 9-0
  Malan   Brabin 9-0 9-0 9-2
  Carmichael   Morgan 9-6 3-9 9-5 9-5
  Barham   Whitehead 9-3 9-3 9-5
  Turner   James 7-9 10-8 9-6 9-4
  Macintosh   Ledger 9-3 9-6 9-5
  Power   Fuller 10-8 9-6 9-7
  Rowe   Dinsmore 9-1 9-4 9-5

Third round

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Player one Player two Score
  McKay   Rowe 9-0 9-0 9-1
  Marshall   Cogswell 9-1 9-1 9-2
  Malan   Power 9-1 9-0 9-1
  Wilson   Cowie 9-0 9-3 10-9
  Chapman   Macintosh 9-3 9-2 9-0
  Barham   Turner 9-0 9-3 9-10 9-3
  Corbett   Claughton 7-9 9-7 9-3 9-1
  Wainwright   Carmichael 9-10 9-2 9-1 3-9 9-0

Quarter-finals

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Player one Player two Score
  McKay   Chapman 9-1 9-0 9-0
  Wilson   Barham 4-9 9-6 9-7 9-4
  Malan   Corbett 9-7 9-4 9-1
  Marshall   Wainwright 10-8 9-4 9-2

Semi-finals

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Player one Player two Score
  McKay   Marshall 9-1 9-1 9-3
  Malan   Wilson 8-10 9-6 9-6 9-6

Final

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Player one Player two Score
  McKay   Malan 9-1 9-1 9-2
Preceded by British Open Squash Championships
England (London)

1972
Succeeded by

References

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  1. ^ "Times Archives 1972 Open Championship". Oxfordshire Libraries.
  2. ^ "Record 11th title to Heather McKay". Trove.
  3. ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2015.